
Nutrition
Levels 1 to 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

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Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Level 3
Identify how health care and physical activity practices are influenced by community and environmental factors eg. availability of recreational facilities and effects on health.
Technology: Describe and identify the positive and negative effects of some instances of technologies on people’s lives and the environment eg. the effects of fast ferries on shorelines.

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Matthew has just got a new ngeru (cat) but has no idea what she needs to stay alive! Do you think you can help him? Karawhiua!!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
What Do Animals Need to Survive?
Everyday Science NZ
Matthew has just got a new ngeru (cat) but has no idea what she needs to stay alive! Do you think you can help him? Karawhiua!!

You don’t need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students from Waimea Intermediate School during their MasterChef challenge. Give them a go yourself!
Level
1-4
Type
Cooking
A new kiwi classic
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa
You don’t need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students from Waimea Intermediate School during their MasterChef challenge. Give them a go yourself!

We added this episode of Suzy's World especially for Allergy NZ and all our friends with allergies. Everything we can do to make a friend's life easier has to be a good thing, so even if you don't have an allergy yourself it's a good idea to watch and learn so you can look out for your friends.
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Allergies: What is an allergic reaction?
Suzy's World
We added this episode of Suzy's World especially for Allergy NZ and all our friends with allergies. Everything we can do to make a friend's life easier has to be a good thing, so even if you don't have an allergy yourself it's a good idea to watch and learn so you can look out for your friends.

Sarah Cook is a busy year 10 student living with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that can affect your day-to-day life. Find out what Sarah does to manage her diabetes and make sure it doesn’t prevent her full and active lifestyle.
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2016 Level 3: ‘Blood Sugar’
Ministry of Education NZ
Sarah Cook is a busy year 10 student living with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that can affect your day-to-day life. Find out what Sarah does to manage her diabetes and make sure it doesn’t prevent her full and active lifestyle.

A group of students investigate how to stop food rotting on a journey to Mars. They share what they know about the different methods of food preservation to come up with a plan.
Level
2
Type
Book
Connected 2017 Level 2: ‘Space Food’
Ministry of Education NZ
A group of students investigate how to stop food rotting on a journey to Mars. They share what they know about the different methods of food preservation to come up with a plan.

Take time to digest this show.
Link for video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/bill-nye-digestion/1_8cp9b8or
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Digestion
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Take time to digest this show.
Link for video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/bill-nye-digestion/1_8cp9b8or

It’s Old Mac Science Guy’s “Farming” show, E-I-E-I-O.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKkSCxgels&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM7HWpQfsCu2z-PkwUHfn10S&index=5
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Farming
Bill Nye The Science Guy
It’s Old Mac Science Guy’s “Farming” show, E-I-E-I-O.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKkSCxgels&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM7HWpQfsCu2z-PkwUHfn10S&index=5

Garden to Table’s ‘Be With a Tree’ Challenge is to find a tree that provides us with food, and to make a fruit crumble! You could use lots of different tree-grown fruits in this recipe – apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, feijoas or a mixture of fruit.
Level
1-4
Type
Cooking Activity
Fruit Crumble Recipe
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa
Garden to Table’s ‘Be With a Tree’ Challenge is to find a tree that provides us with food, and to make a fruit crumble! You could use lots of different tree-grown fruits in this recipe – apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, feijoas or a mixture of fruit.

Bill likes to be active, a lean, mean, nutrition machine. Find out about his eating habits in this episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKIyMHMp_c
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Nutrition
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Bill likes to be active, a lean, mean, nutrition machine. Find out about his eating habits in this episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWKIyMHMp_c

It's safe to say that food looks and tastes a lot better when it's fresh or preserved properly. Teach kids about how mold, fungi and bacteria affect food while they investigate further with a fun mold activity.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Rotting Food
Science Kids
It's safe to say that food looks and tastes a lot better when it's fresh or preserved properly. Teach kids about how mold, fungi and bacteria affect food while they investigate further with a fun mold activity.

Air, food, water, shelter. This unit explores how animals, including humans, use their senses to find what they need to survive.
Level
1
Type
Unit
Staying Alive
Primary Connections
Air, food, water, shelter. This unit explores how animals, including humans, use their senses to find what they need to survive.

In this issue we dive into water, a natural resource that can be taken for granted – but shouldn’t be. We explore the water cycle, discover local waterways and their unique environment, uncover the way we use water, how this impacts on quality and quantity...
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Your Environment Canterbury: Water - the lifeblood...
Environment Canterbury
In this issue we dive into water, a natural resource that can be taken for granted – but shouldn’t be. We explore the water cycle, discover local waterways and their unique environment, uncover the way we use water, how this impacts on quality and quantity...